Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Kevin Grunawalt

bd_7c158b1a5e097e8b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2024

Filed

Oct 9, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kevin Grunawalt →

Kevin Grunawalt dba Verso Financial notified consumers of unauthorized access to an employee email account between October 2023 and February 2024. The unknown actor copied mailbox contents, potentially exposing names, government IDs, and financial account numbers. The company engaged in investigation, enhanced security measures, and offered 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring through Epiq Global.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 327 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Oct 1, 2023

Begins

Aug 23, 2024

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_551fea5d0347ff2e2024-10-07 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_82d5f6f94fb51bf42024-10-07 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_54017bc68b5c05c22024-09-24 · +15dCandidate

Name: Kevin Grunawalt
norm: kevin grunawalt
Domain: versofinancial.com

Name: Kevin Grunawalt
norm: kevin grunawalt
Domain: versofinancial.com
Also named: Kevin Grunawaltdba oflegal entity
Verso Financialdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2023 – Feb 29, 2024
Undetected for: 327 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Conducted a comprehensive investigation and thoroughly review the information potentially affected
Providing you with access to twelve (12) months of complimentary Equifax credit monitoring services provided through Epiq Global
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance our existing security measures to further protect the data in our care moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 24 · first

Indiana State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Vermont State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 24 (ME), last Oct 9 (VT) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-10-09-kevin-grunawalt-dba-verso-financial-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2024
Raw hash: 05061129d041467f5efdd2719d1cad984ab6f759e71fc3db5db642ba53ae4a9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKevin Grunawalt

Victim entityKevin Grunawalt

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov